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DIOCESAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("diocesan" is a kind of...):
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
Derivation:
diocesan (belonging to or governing a diocese)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to or governing a diocese
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
diocese (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)
Derivation:
diocesan (a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese)
diocese (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)
